The Birth of The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- SIGNED
- Southfield, Michigan: Charro Press, 1991
Southfield, Michigan: Charro Press, 1991. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's original laminated paper covered boards. 158pp. The pink of the boards has faded at the extremities and spine panel to a uniform grey, otherwise a very good, clean copy indeed. Inscribed by the author to the frnt flyleaf:
"The the Troy Library, Enjoy the history that has a little different "twist", Roberta Wright"
Also laid in at the front is a business card from Dr. Wright's office as an Attorney at Law in Troy, Michigan, and a short list of book titles on a note in the author's hand. Dr. Wright's husband, the late Charles H. Wright, was a celebrated philanthropist and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
Dr. Wright's account of the bus boycott of 1955 that saw Rosa Parks catapulted into civil rights history, with a foreword by L. Douglas Wilder, ex-Governer of Virginia.
"The the Troy Library, Enjoy the history that has a little different "twist", Roberta Wright"
Also laid in at the front is a business card from Dr. Wright's office as an Attorney at Law in Troy, Michigan, and a short list of book titles on a note in the author's hand. Dr. Wright's husband, the late Charles H. Wright, was a celebrated philanthropist and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
Dr. Wright's account of the bus boycott of 1955 that saw Rosa Parks catapulted into civil rights history, with a foreword by L. Douglas Wilder, ex-Governer of Virginia.